Brownfields Training,  Research,

     and Technical Assistance

           Grant Fact Sheet


         Carnegie  Mellon

               University

EPA Brownfields Program

EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, tribes.
communities, and other stakeholders to work together to
prevent, assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse
brownfields. A brownfield site is real property, the
expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be
complicated by the presence or potential presence of a
hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant. EPA
funds eligible applicants through assistance agreements to
provide training, research, and technical assistance to
facilitate brownfields revitalization.

Organization Description

Carnegie Mellon University's Western Pennsylvania
Brownfield Center (WPBC) helps to promote the value of
underutilized sites in the region by acting as a regional
resource to help communities and small businesses realize
the inherent benefits of brownfields and eliminate
redevelopment barriers. The WPBC brings together a
variety of stakeholders, including researchers, public
officials, property owners, and developers, to uncover
opportunities and strategies for continued development of
the region's brownfields. Supported by the Small
Business Administration, the WPBC applies academic
research and decision-support tools to real-world
problems facing public and private investors.

Project Description

Many small brownfields are located in communities
where there is little interest from developers and a lack of
knowledge on how to proceed with redevelopment.
Through this project, Carnegie Mellon University's
WPBC will target small sites in small communities. Its
goal is to empower those communities and other
brownfields  stakeholders to make land-use decisions that
are in the best interest of the local economy, while
considering global environmental impacts and national
policies. The WPBC will develop a life-cycle analysis
  Assessing Brownfield
  Sustainability:  Life-Cycle
  Analysis and Carbon
  Footprinting
  Grantee:
  Carnegie Mellon University

  Project Focus:
  Empowering Small Communities to Make Informed
  Brownfields Decisions

  Project Period:
  October 2008 to September 2013

  Estimated Annual Funding Amount:
  $150,000
  Contacts
  For further information about Carnegie Mellon
  University's Western Pennsylvania Brownfield Center
  and its brownfields technical assistance activities, visit
  http://www.cmu.edu/steinbrenner/brownfields/. For more
  information about this project, call 412-268-7121.

  For further information, including specific grant contacts,
  additional grant information, brownfields news and
  events, and publications and links, visit the EPA
  Brownfields web site at: http ://www.epa. gov/brownfields
  or call 202-566-2777.

  * The information presented in this fact sheet comes from
  the grant proposal; EPA cannot attest to the accuracy of
  this information. The implementation plan for the grant
  has not yet been finalized. Therefore, activities described
  in this fact sheet are subject to change.
tool to assess carbon footprints, conventional air
emissions, and energy impacts from brownfields
redevelopment versus developing on greenfields. The tool
will allow governments and other stakeholders to
prioritize their site selection process by weighting criteria
of local interest, such as environmental health, ease of
development, and social and economic considerations.
Classroom and computer-based training programs will be
developed to educate community decision makers about
the strategies for brownfields development.
                                                           Solid Waste and
                                                           Emergency Response
                                                           (5105T)
                          EPA560-F-08-290
                          September 2008
                          www.epa.gov/brownfields

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